PLEASE REVIEW OUR TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
These Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms and Conditions") constitute the contractual agreement between you and Spotlight On The Bay regarding your use of our Site and any activities or transactions you may conduct through the Site. In these Terms and Conditions, the words "you" and "your" refer to any person accessing the Site, and the words "we," "us," and "our" refer to
SpotlightOnTheBay.com. or SOTB
By using our Site, you agree to these Terms and Conditions.
1. Overview
We have organized the elements of our Terms and Conditions in sections. If after reading through these Terms and Conditions you still have questions, please feel free to contact us via the Support Center at vibes@spotlightonthebay.com
2. Registration for Certain Users
While you can visit our Site, and review a range of information about bands, musicians other materials relating to the music industry, without registering, to post information on our Site, and to obtain access to certain other materials or information from our Site, we ask that you become a registered user. Our registration forms will specify the information which you must provide in order to enjoy the particular feature, and the information which you may, at your option, choose to provide or withhold. In connection with registering at our Site, you agree to provide us with accurate, complete, and updated information required by the registration form ("Registration Data"), including, without limitation, your legal name, address, telephone number(s), applicable payment data (e.g., credit card number and expiration date) and such other information that may be required by such forms. You agree to notify us within fourteen (14) days of any changes in your Registration Data. Failure to comply with this provision may result in immediate suspension or termination of your right to use the Site. Information provided to us by you in connection with registering at our Site will be protected by us in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
When you register at our Site, you will create a "user id" and a "password," providing you access to associated services and materials. When you re-visit our Site, this user id and password will provide this same access to you. If you become a registered user of our Site, you agree not to disclose your login name and password to any third party. If at any time you believe that your login name and/or password has been revealed to any other party, or otherwise compromised, you agree to change your login name and/or password immediately through our "Edit Profile" page on our Site. You agree to be responsible for, and to release, indemnify and hold Spotlight On The Bay, and its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers, harmless from, any unauthorized use of your login name or password.
3. Certain Fees for Registered Users
If you become a registered user, certain portions of your use of and access to the Site may be subject to payment of certain fee(s) to us. We offer different subscription packages for different fees as identified on our Site. Users who take payment through the site are responsible for credit card processing fees when refunds are issued.
4. Ownership Of Site Contents
Unless otherwise noted, all text, images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips, sound clips, and other materials that are part of this Site (collectively, the "Contents"), are copyrighted works, trademarks, trade dress, or other intellectual properties owned, controlled, or licensed by Spotlight On The Bay (or used in accordance with "fair use" principles). The Site as a whole is protected by copyright and trade dress, all worldwide right, title and interest in and to which is owned by Spotlight On The Bay.
The phrase "Spotlight On The Bay" is a federally registered trademark owned by Spotlight On The Bay. Other trade names and trademarks present on the Site either are owned by Spotlight On The Bay appear with the permission of their respective owners, or appear under principles of "fair use." Unless otherwise noted, by using a third party's trademark or trade name on this Site, Spotlight On The Bay does not intend to suggest any affiliation with or endorsement of such third party or its products or services, and SOTB hereby expressly disclaims any such affiliation or endorsement.
5. Downloading and Use of Site Contents
The Contents of our Site, and the Site as a whole, are intended strictly for the purpose of providing information about bands, musicians other materials relating to the entertainment industry to the users of our Site (collectively, "Permitted Uses"). You may download and copy the Contents displayed on the Site solely for such Permitted Uses, and provided that you do not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the materials. No right, title, or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. You may not reproduce (except as provided above), modify, publish, distribute, sell, or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Contents, the Site, or any related software. Use of the Content or any related software which is not expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions constitutes a breach of these Terms and Conditions, and may also constitute a violation of copyright, trademark, and other law.
6. User Comments and Submissions
With respect to any photographs, video clips or sound clips you may provide to Spotlight On The Bay for posting on your electronic press kit (collectively, ❽Submissions❾), such Submissions shall remain your property. You hereby unconditionally grant to Spotlight On The Bay a non-exclusive, irrevocable fully paid and royalty-free license to use, reproduce, publicly perform and publicly display, the Submissions SOLELY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE.
Spotlight On The Bay does not endorse, sanction or verify, and specifically disclaims responsibility or liability for, any user Comments. SOTB has no obligation to respond to any Comments, and we reserve the right, but undertake no duty, to review, edit, move, or delete, in our sole discretion and without notice, any material posted by users that we may include on the Site. You represent, warrant and agree (i) that you are authorized to submit the Comments you provide to us; and (ii) that all Comments submitted by you to the Site do not and will not violate any rights of any third party, including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s). You agree to keep a copy of any Comments you provide, as STOB shall have no obligation to return any Comments to you.
Without limiting any of the foregoing, you furthermore agree that SOTB may use or disclose information about you and your use of the Site in accordance with our Privacy Policy. With respect to any information relating to other users of the Site to which you may be permitted access through the Site, you agree that you may use such information only in connection with activities related to the purpose of the Site, which activities, without limitation, shall not include (i) the sending of unsolicited communications of a commercial nature; (ii) the sending of any other communications after receiving notification that the recipient no longer wishes to receive communications from you; or (iii) the sale or rental of such personal information to any other parties.
7. Prohibited Uses
In addition to other prohibited uses specified in these Terms and Conditions, you are expressly prohibited from using our Site to post or transmit any advertising, "spam," threatening, defamatory, profane, obscene, scandalous, or inflammatory material, or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. SOTB disclaims all responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such postings, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, defamation, falsehood, profanity, obscenity, or threat contained in any information posted on the Site or transmitted through the Site. As provided in our Privacy Policy, SOTB will comply with court orders directing SOTB to disclose the identity of users posting such information or materials, or otherwise directing compliance by SOTB.
You agree to refrain from undertaking any activity that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionate load on the Site. In addition, you may not use any hardware, software, or routines, including but not limited to any viruses, "bots," or other devices intended to interrupt or harm the workings of the Site, and agree to refrain from any attempt to intercept, access or monitor any system, data, or information on or in transit to or from the Site.
8. Complaints Over Perceived Infringement
Spotlight On The Bay respects intellectual property rights, and will terminate registered users and deny access to others who, in our discretion, infringe the intellectual property rights of others. In addition, SOTB will use commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate generally accepted technical measures used by copyright owners to identify and protect their copyrighted works, as long as these technical measures do not impose substantial costs on us, or impose a substantial burden on our hardware, software, or administrative systems.
If you believe that materials posted on our Site infringe rights you enjoy under copyright law in specific materials (collectively, a "Work"), we request that you follow the procedure described below to notify us of your concerns or objections. In turn, we agree to respond to your notice, as outlined below, and remove, or disable access to material that you believe infringes your Work.
8.1. Spotlight On The Bay' Designated Agent
If you believe materials posted on our Site infringe the copyright in your Work, you must direct your concerns to our agent, designated under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. �512) to respond to such concerns (our "Designated Agent"):
e-mail: vibes@spotlightonthebay.com
Spotlight On The Bay Inc. - 1420 Ventura Dr. Pittsburg, CA 94565
8.2. Content of Notice
You should notify our Designated Agent of your concerns as follows:
(i) Place your concerns in writing, and sign the document;
(ii) Identify the Work, which you believe is being infringed;
(iii) Identify the material on our site which you believe infringes your Work, and identify this material in a sufficient manner to permit us to locate the material without undue searching; and
(iv) Provide in your notice sufficient information for us to contact you, including an address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address.
To qualify for protection under this Section, you must in good faith believe the challenged use is unauthorized, and all statements in your notice must be accurate, and signed under penalty of perjury.
8.3. Our Response; Counter-Notifications
Upon receipt of a proper notice in the form specified above (a "Notice"), we will remove or disable access to the materials on our site which you assert infringe your Work. We will also take steps to promptly notify the person or persons responsible for the allegedly infringing materials (the "Respondent") that we have removed or disabled access to the materials. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Respondent is provided an opportunity to dispute your claim that his or her materials infringe your Work. By law, the Respondent may provide us with a "counter-notification." Upon receipt of a proper counter-notification, we will act as provided in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
9. Links To Other Web Sites And Services
Spotlight On The Bay does not control the availability or content of any outside web sites, services, or resources to which this Site may link. Concerns regarding any such service, resource, or link should be directed to the particular outside service or resource. SOTB does not necessarily endorse, sanction, or verify sites to which our Site links, and we provide these links merely for our users' convenience. Access to other sites linked to this Web Site is at your own risk, and we disclaim all liability with regard to your access to such linked web sites.
In addition, we do not necessarily endorse, sanction, or verify sites that link to this Site, even if any logo or mark of SOTB' is used as part of the link to this Site.
10. Disclaimer of Warranties
While we use reasonable efforts to include and to pass on to others associated with this Site accurate and up-to-date information, we make no warranties or representations as to such information. Spotlight On The Bay SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INACCURACIES IN THE CONTENT ON THE SITE OR INFORMATION FLOWING THROUGH THE SITE.
Further, we specifically make no representation or warranty and assume no liability or responsibility with respect to you or to any other users of the Site, including but not limited to (i) the offering or availability of any postings made by you or any other users of the Site, including but not limited to whether any events will occur or whether musicians contacted through the Site will show at any such events; (ii) the ability of you or any other user of the Site to engage in transactions with any other user of the Site; (iii) any details relating to any transactions you may engage in with any other use of the Site; (iv) the quality of the listings or other information offered by you or any user of the Site; (v) the financial condition of you or any user of the Site; or (vi) compliance with local, state and federal laws by you or any other user of the Site.
YOUR USE AND BROWSING OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR RISK. YOU SHOULD CONDUCT YOUR OWN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE USERS OF THIS SITE BEFORE ENTERING INTO ANY TRANSACTION WITH SUCH PERSONS. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY FINANCIAL OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT MAY ARISE BETWEEN YOU AND ANY OTHER USER OF THE SITE.
You acknowledge that documents posted to and Content available at the Site may contain computer viruses. Should you download any such materials from the Site, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PERFORM ANY SCANNING OR OTHER ANTI-VIRUS PRECAUTIONS AS YOU DEEM NECESSARY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY ANY MATERIALS DOWNLOADED FROM THE SITE.
THIS SITE AND ALL CONTENTS OF THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND AGREE TO VERIFY ANY INFORMATION BEFORE RELYING UPON IT. YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL NECESSARY SERVICING OR REPAIRS OF ANY EQUIPMENT YOU USE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR SITE.
Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusion may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties.
11. Limitation of Liability
NEITHER Spotlight On The Bay NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SITE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR, OR ANY OTHER PARTY'S, ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE SITE. IN ADDITION, WE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR:
* ANY LOSS OR FAILURE TO PERFORM OUR OBLIGATIONS DUE TO ACTS OF GOD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, OR CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL;
* ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INACCURACIES, DELAYS OR INTERRUPTIONS IN RESPECT OF THE CONTENT OR OUR SERVICES; OR
* ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN IN RELIANCE UPON THE SITE CONTENT OR OUR SERVICES.
12. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction
This Site is controlled and operated by Spotlight On The Bay from its location in Bay Area, California. These Terms of Use, and our Privacy Policy, shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ca. , without regard to any conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be resolved exclusively by the state or federal courts sitting in California.
Spotlight On The Bay makes no representation that the information in the Site is appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States, and access to this Web Site from locations where the provision of such information may be illegal is prohibited. Users who determine to access this Web Site from such locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws.
13. Modifications
We may make improvements or other changes to the Site, or to the information and services offered at the Site, without notice to you. We may add, delete, move, or modify some or all of the Site at any time. We may make such changes for any reason, including, without limitation, changes to due to the circumstance (a) that an agreement with a third party cannot be maintained on terms reasonably acceptable to us; or (b) that the Site or its components become illegal or contrary to law or relevant regulation.
In addition, we may from time to time change these Terms and Conditions governing your use of our Site. We will post these changes here, in our Terms and Conditions. Your use of our Site following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the Terms and Conditions, as changed.
14. Assignment
Spotlight On The Bay may wish at some point to assign or transfer its rights in this Web Site to a third party. You agree that Spotlight On The Bay may transfer or assign to a third party all of its rights and obligations with respect to you, including any rights and obligations with respect to your Personally Identifiable Information, on the condition that such third party agree to abide by Spotlight On The Bay' then-applicable Privacy Policy.
15. Indemnities
You agree to indemnify Spotlight On The Bay, and its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers against any loss, damage, costs or expenses arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site and any claim by a third party against us as a result of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions, including any misuse of the Content.
16. Access Privileges
Spotlight On The Bay may discontinue, change, or restrict your use of this Web Site for any reason without notice. Moreover, we reserve the sole and absolute discretion and right to deny, revoke, or otherwise restrict the access privileges of any user that at any time fails to comply with these Terms and Conditions, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to the Web Site.
17. Severability
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions or our Privacy Policy is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any provision of these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision.
18. Survival
Without limiting any other provisions of these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy, (a) your indemnification obligations under Section 2 (Registration for Certain Users) and Sections 3 (Certain Fees for Registered Users), 4 (Ownership of Site Contents), 6 (User Comments and Submissions), 10 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 11 (Limitation of Liability), 12 (Choice of Law and Jurisdiction), 14 (Assignment), 15 (Indemnities), 17 (Severability) and 19 (Complete Agreement) of these Terms of Use; and (b) Section 6.6 (Relationship to Terms of Use) of the Privacy Policy, shall survive any termination of these Terms of Use and/or the Privacy Policy.
19. Complete Agreement
In addition to these Terms and Conditions (and Subscription Agreement, if any), your use of our Site is also subject to our Privacy Policy. Together with our Privacy Policy, these Terms and Conditions (and Subscription Agreement, if any) constitute the entire agreement between you and Spotlight On The Bay with respect to use of the Site and supercede any and all prior representations and agreements, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
20. Your Consent
By using our Web Site, you agree to comply with, and be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with some, or all of these Terms and Conditions, please refrain from visiting our Site.
21. Contact Us
You may contact us, for any reason, by e-mail as follows:
You may contact us by mail as follows:
Spotlight On The Bay Inc.
1420 Ventura Dr. Pittsburg, CA 94565